hoofer
hoofer noun: a professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
Noun
hoofer (plural hoofers)
- A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
- Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 208
hoofer meaning in Bengali and Kannada
hoofer in Bengali
- একজন পেশাদার নর্তক, নর্তকী
hoofer in Kannada
- ಪಾದಚಾರಿ, ಕಾಲ್ನಡಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವವನು, ಕಾಲ್ನಡಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವವನುಳು, ವೃತ್ತಿನಿರತ ನರ್ತಕ, ಕುಣಿಯುವವನು, ವೃತ್ತಿನಿರತ ನರ್ತಕಿ
Forms of hoofer
| plural | hoofers |
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Origin of hoofer
From hoof (“dance”, verb) + -er.
Questions about hoofer
- What does hoofer mean?
- Hoofer means a professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
- What is hoofer in Bengali?
- Hoofer in Bengali is একজন পেশাদার নর্তক, নর্তকী. See Hoofer meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is hoofer?
- Hoofer is a noun.
- What is the plural of hoofer?
- The plural of hoofer is hoofers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoofer (page history and authors); hoofer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hoofer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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